paddle is stuck in the breadmaker

one-non-blonde

I have the opposite problem... I keep forgetting to attach mine.


What comes out 3 hours later is not a pretty site. :eek: :doh:

squeaky

I've actually written into the top of every recipe in my book:-

First fit the blade !!!

Chipps

squeaky wrote:

My instruction book says never to leave it in soak for more than ten minutes. I used to anyway - often because I'd simply forget - and sure enough, the bearing seal went and I started getting black muck in my bread.

That's what happened to my last breadmaker, the seal went & I couldn't do bread overnight any more cos the water leaked out before it started to cook. Then the motor burned out, probably cos of trying to mix dough that was too stiff with not enough water in it. :mad:

squeaky

Tut tut.

Sorry, couldn't resist it. So, does your new one have instructions about freeing stuck paddles? I take it you've read them this time?

Chipps

My "new" breadmaker was given to me by MIL, who couldn't get on with it. Its the same make as the old one, but nowhere near as good. The crust is always too hard, although I use the option for light crust. :mad: The actual tin is much thinner than the earlier model which I had. So I hardly use the thing, except for mixing dough & making pizzas.
In fact, thinking about the whereabouts of the paddle, I have just remembered where it is.....
last time I used it, it fell under the oven & it is still there

maggie1976

I have no advice to add, but I think I need my eyes tested - I thought you'd said the POODLE is stuck in the breadmaker!!!

misty wrote:

The paddle is stuck in the breadmaker. I can't get it too shift at all - anyone got any ideas? I've tried soaking it. I've theaded a t towel under and yanking it. i've tried pleading and I've tried swearing - am now out of ideas. Please help as I can't go back to shop bought.

Pooky

If your poodle is stuck in the breadmaker then you're gonna need more than a squirt of washing up liquid and a spoon to get it out.

:rotfl:

misty

Well, it's still there but I now have a spoon that looks like Uri Gellers been round. Has anyone left it and lived to tell the tale?

squeaky

Ugh! OK... did you use soapy water? Did you have the spoon as close to the shaft as possible to get the best leverage?

Tip number forty nine - if you put boiling water in adn add a few drops of washing up liquid the blade will expand more than the shaft will. Not by much but it will give the soapy water that much better a chance to get in at the bread baked in there.

Using rubber gloves and being careful about testing for the hottest water you can stand for a short time without burning yourself - try the spoon again. Put no more than a couple of cms underneath and make sure it sits close to the shaft - that'll give you at least a six to one advantage.

HTH

exlibris

I've had my breadmaker for about 6 months and I have never managed to get the paddle out. I have given up now and put very hot water in as soon as the bread comes out. When this ha cooled to a safe heat I wiggle a cocktail stick under it to get the bread bits out.